October, November and December

Well, here's what we've been doing the past few months. In October, I flew down to Fayetteville and found a house we are buying. It has been a long drawn out process with lots of hiccups but we should finally close this week. Which is good because we leave here Saturday. Heath graduated on Friday from the Command and General Staff College and we are now hard at work getting the house ready for packers. We pack out this week and get everything cleaned up to go.

John and Hayden have been busy as well. Hayden had a good soccer season and is loving Cub Scouts. He already earned his Bobcat and Tigercub badge. Hopefully we'll be able to continue in N.C. He is doing good in school. They are working on fractions and word problems in math along with addition and subtraction. And he's already taking spelling tests and learning how to read. It's crazy how much they do in 1st grade. He's sad to leave his school behind but looking forward to something new. Although his only complaint about the new school is that it doesn't have a planetarium. I told him his school is the only elementary school in America that has a planetarium. Yes, he goes to a really nice school right now!! We will miss it!!!

John is into everything. He tries to do everything Hayden does and sometimes can. He climbs now which is fun! He has his top molars with more coming in. He says share and see when he wants something. If one of us is eating anything, John thinks he needs to have some too. He's pretty funny. He tries to do too much sometimes and gets hurt. Last weekend, he feel off the 2nd step right onto his head. Thankfully he had a hat on for cushion and he only got a bruise. Thankfully we avoided the ER. Then the next day, we were at the JAG office and he tripped and fell into the leg of a chair right on his eye. So he had a nice bruise for awhile. He's pretty tough though thankfully. Having the packers here should be fun with him. We'll be getting him out of the way for two days. Wish us luck.

On Friday, we had a little vacation before the craziness and went to Great Wolf Lodge. It's an indoor waterpark and hotel. The boys had a blast. Hayden would hold John on the small slide and go down together. John loved it, he would get off and say again, again. It was nice to have a little break. This will be my last post for awhile. Christmas cards are coming soon with our new address. I'll post again in January after we get settled. We have a lot to do getting there and getting the house ready. Heath has to deploy soon so we have to get a lot done in a short amount of time. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!!